Low Fell, Quarry

HER Number

3779

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Low Fell, Quarry

Place

Low Fell

Map Sheet

NZ25NE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Mineral Extraction Site

Site Type: Specific

Quarry

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

This Quarry is marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was out of use by 1857.

Easting

425810

Northing

559440

Grid Reference

NZ425810559440

Sources

<< HER 3779 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 6